Affinity Designer, Photo and Publisher have rapidly become class-leading alternatives to the industry standard software for digital art, illustration, web design, photo editing, book design and more.

Canva now offers the Affinity suite for free download, combining Designer, Photo, and Publisher. The free tier includes core Affinity tools; the premium tier unlocks Canva AI Studio with generative AI ...

Paint, draw curves, layout a magazine, all for free.

Creativity is often about being in the moment, putting yourself in new spaces, and getting inspired by the world around you. Not ideal if when settling down to do some cool concept art you end up ...

The market for high-end graphic design software just got weirder. Several years ago, I wrote “Consider Switching from Creative Cloud to Affinity V2” (5 December 2022) to encourage those who were ...

Affinity, which offers great alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom, is popular for its one-time payment for a lifetime, as opposed to monthly recurring payments for Adobe ...

Affinity Photo was one of our favorite Photoshop alternatives, doing almost everything that Photoshop did at a fraction of the price with no subscription. We wondered what would happen when the ...